Interim Pastors

Dave is the founding partner of VitalChurch Ministry and its interim pastor team leader. Dave has been privileged to see numerous churches transformed through VitalChurch’s revitalization process over the years. Dave lives in New York with his wife, Janet. They’ve been married since June 1980. Together they have three daughters, three sons-in-law, and numerous grandchildren. …

Gregg Caruso is the VitalChurch team Diagnostic Team Leader. Gregg has been married to Linda since 1978 and they are based in Santa Barbara, California. He and Linda have four adult children and six grandsons. Gregg earned his M.A. in Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary and served as a “permanent pastor” for 16 years. Since …

David Brooks has served on the VitalChurch team in the New England region of the United States since 2001. David and Kathy reside in Manchester, New Hampshire, the geographic center of the six New England states, and have five children and four grandchildren. David has served on dozens of church diagnostic assessment teams and has …

Tom resides in Colorado and has been married to his best friend, Jan, since 1982. They have two married daughters. Tom earned a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver. His passion is how marriages, teams, churches and organizations develop and grow well—with special interest in …

Bob Samsel has worked with the VitalChurch team since 2014, helping with church diagnostics and report writing. His passion is to help churches establish healthy patterns that will glorify God and grow the Kingdom. Bob has a B.S. in Business Administration, an M.Div. from Bethel Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. in Family and Marriage Counseling …

Wade Thompson is a VitalChurch Scotland team associate. Wade has been married to Victoria for seven years. They live in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. Wade has lived in Scotland as a missionary with Church Resource Ministries for over ten years, serving on the leadership team of Re:Hope Next Generation Bible Church. Wade now …

Steve Miller resides in Central Oregon and has been married to his wife, Marlene, since 1976. They have four married children and seven grandchildren. Steve earned an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a D.Min. from Talbot School of Theology. He enjoys helping Christians not only understand the gospel and their faith, but also contemporary …

Steve Ignash resides in Southern California and is a graduate of Talbot School of Theology. He has a wide range of ministry experience, including work at small, bible-teaching churches, as well as at Southern California megachurch, Saddleback Church. Steve enjoys reading, spending time at the beach, and working out. In addition to his work as an intentional …

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VitalChurch Ministry has placed many interim pastors in churches around the country, and some even in other parts of the world. Our interim pastors take churches through an in-depth process of church revitalization where they help churches get to the heart of their issues and address them. They also help guide churches in the direction in which God is leading, and none of this is a simple or fast process. Typically, our interim pastors stay in churches for more than a . . .

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"I have been at [the church] since the fall of 1973. The church is more vibrant, more outward thinking, and just more enthusiastic about digging deeper into God and then sharing him that (sic) we have ever seen. It’s just so cool. So I wanted you to know that your work with us is bearing good, sweet fruit. We all believe that God brought [the pastor] to us to accomplish a turn around. His work with you and your work with us has indeed turned us."
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